Ohio University-Chillicothe devised a faculty-administered salary review process that assigns points for a variety of activities in one primary area (teaching) and two secondary areas (scholarly activity and university/community service) and builds in points for promotion. The system has been well received by faculty and administration for five…

The evaluation of teaching and the assessment of teachers are seen as similar activities with different aims. This point is argued on the basis of experience with established practice in higher education and through a comparison with practices in other professions. A model is constructed. (Author/MLW)

Faculty professional public service is undervalued at most institutions. Among the problems are definition of service, methods of and criteria for evaluation of the quality or value of service, and faculty exposure or visibility. Steps to be taken to raise the value and the rewards of faculty public service efforts are suggested. (MSE)

Reviews a selection of the staff evaluation literature that appeared during the 1970s, covering problems in faculty evaluation; the student role; evaluation criteria, programs, and systems; and administrator evaluation. Includes a 47-item bibliography of ERIC documents and journal articles. (DMM)

When asked what activities contributed most to promotion to higher academic rank, faculty in a large midwestern medical school perceived research as the single most important activity. Department chairmen, however, included teaching, patient care, and administration/service as well. Clearly stated promotion criteria are recommended. (MSE)

A study of 219 college students' ratings of teacher performance found that student raters' inferences about instruction are partly contaminated by their implicit theories of effective instructional behavior. Students inferred traits and behaviors and rated corresponding items even when instructor behavior was limited to a subset of performance…

Guidelines for evaluating clinician-educators are based on four forms of scholarship (application, teaching, integration, and discovery) and offer principles for making promotion decisions. These principles include encouragement of diversity, weighting of scholarship types, discipline- and institution-determined criteria, and evaluation of…

A survey of 104 highly selective liberal arts colleges gathered information on the faculty tenure review process, focusing on tenure candidate access to review documents or deliberations and the effects on the selectivity of the outcomes. A clear relationship between selectivity and confidentiality was not found. (MSE)

A survey of 70 pharmacy administration faculty members in schools with active pharmacy administration graduate programs investigated faculty ratings of journals in the field in general and by specific area of research interest. The journals were also categorized into distinct tiers. Results are seen as useful in assessing faculty publication…

Describes concerns within the academic community on the use of collegiality as a factor in decisions concerning faculty employment, promotion, tenure, and termination. Such concerns include discrimination and stifling of dissent. Discusses how courts have decided in favor of universities in almost every discrimination case in which collegiality…

All faculty at New York's Ulster County Community College (UCCC) are evaluated on a regular basis using student, peer, and self-evaluations. Since student and peer evaluations can be capricious and self-evaluation methods at the college have no specific guidelines, it is recommended that teaching portfolios be used to provide a credible means of…

This handbook describes the processes and procedures related to library faculty evaluation at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Seven sections cover: (1) overview of the evaluation process, including the role of library faculty, work schedule, purpose of evaluation, role of goals and objectives in evaluation, frequency of evaluation, schedule…

The Developmental Teacher Evaluation Kit (DeTek) and the Texas Teacher Appraisal System (TTAS) are compared in this report. The DeTek model is based on objective analysis, diagnostic procedures to guide inservice planning and professional growth, an ongoing cycle of evaluation and development, and provision of diagnostic instruments. It is limited…

This paper describes a quantitative model that can be used to evaluate faculty performance for promotion decisions. Through the use of an evaluation form, the system (1) informs faculty members how they will be evaluated at the end of each academic year; (2) allows faculty growth to be documented in teaching, research, and other activities which…

An attempt was made at Mountain Empire Community College to develop and implement an impartial and equitable method of faculty evaluation. As part of this process, an instrument was developed to provide both a quantitative and qualitative student rating of faculty. The instrument contains 10 questions covering the syllabus/course outline,…